Wall of Rejection Hasn’t Quite Caught on Yet

I cropped out the four letters that were pinned below this poster.

I spotted this billboard at Highland Park High School last week. I’m guessing the Wall of Rejection is a new concept, because two alumnae I know from the Class of 2008 had never heard of it, and one of them said her brother, who graduated last year, hadn’t either. As to be expected with a new concept, the kids are having trouble understanding it. I assume the idea is for seniors to pin their rejection letters from colleges and universities to the board; for what purpose, I don’t know. Two students did just that, but another kid pinned up his early acceptance letter from Johns Hopkins, and a fourth posted her rejection letter from the Highland Park chapter of the National Honor Society.

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4 thoughts on “Wall of Rejection Hasn’t Quite Caught on Yet

  • April 23, 2013 at 8:59 am
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    I believe the JHU acceptance letter was posted next to the student’s UT Austin rejection letter.

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  • April 23, 2013 at 9:32 am
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    Like the clever yet apparently not studious student who threw up the NHS rejection.

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  • April 23, 2013 at 3:21 pm
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    It’s been there since at least 2006.

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  • April 23, 2013 at 3:59 pm
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    It wasn’t there last year, unless it’s in a really hidden place. A big problem nowadays is that often you find out your decision online so you don’t have a physical letter. I know a friend of mine really just wanted to have her Harvard rejection letter but they only sent actual letters to people who were accepted.

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